VOL, Il BOOK 6 SECTION 3. CHAPTER II SECTION 3 FACILITIES - FRED AND ELMER The following measures were taken to protect facilities at Fred and Elmer: ELMER Bldg. 339 - Elmer CMR Area Power Plant: The.CMR Area Power Plant, Bldg. 339 on Elmer, was reinforced with steel columns and I-beam girders. Concrete anchors were poured on blast side of building and guy wires attached. Engine exhaust mufflers were guyed to anchors, Switchboard, station service panel and engine control panels were braced and covered, Generators were cribbed over with planking - see Figure 6-11. At 1200 hours M -1 Day, the plant was secured and all en- gines, generators, switch gear, pumps, motors and machinery were covered with plastic balloon material, Bldgs. 3 and 4, Power Transmitter and Receiver, respectively, on Fred: 1. Equipment was covered with tarpaulins Bldgs. 56 and 301 - Power and Distillation Plant, Fred and Elmer, respectively: 1. The main and secondary switchboards were braced and covered with tarpaulin , 2. Generators were covered with tarpaulin The Power and Distillation Plants, both at Fred and Elmer, were reinforced by the erection of wood shoring from floor to roof. Concrete anchors were poured on blast side of building and guy wires were secured from anchors to building. Switchboard was braced and covered, All engines, generators, ex- cept No. 3 at Elmer, and machinery were covered with plastic balloon material and secured prior to evacuation. All fresh and salt water storage tanks were filled to capacity and secured. No, 3 Generating Unit at Elmer, including the prime mover, generator, regulators and switch gear, were thoroughly checked and finely adjusted to insure continued unattended operation after the evacuation and during the period specified in MIKE Shot Evacuation Procedure; this required the provision of power from Elmer Plant for 72 hours after evacuation. Work done to provide unattended operation consisted of inter-connecting the six diesel fuel day tanks and leaving them full and manifolded together. Also a steel tower was erected outside the plant, on which a pontoon containing approximately 1,100 gallons fresh water was placed and connected 6-45